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Shortly after issuing the statement, Jang Pan-ho revived the disbanded SS.
The captain is Jang Pan-ho himself, and the members of the group are all hunters who participated in the revolution.
There were several reasons for Jang Pan-ho’s revolution, but the most important of them was that North Korea became difficult because of the rulers around Kim Yi-ryeong.
Therefore, Jang Pan-ho declared that they would get up and drive out the rulers and help Kim Yi-ryung to make the right decisions, thereby making the people free from the actions of these rulers.
Of course, this was a justification for quelling the opposition of the military and other existing forces, and no one believed Jang Pan-ho’s claims straight away.
While North Korea was in such chaos, South Korean experts and scholars related to North Korea began to analyze all kinds of things.
Among them, one of the arguments that received the most attention was the theory that South Korea and the United States intervened.
In addition to the fact that Jang Pan-ho defected to South Korea, it was argued that it was because a certain force was behind the coup d’etat by regrouping forces in such a short period of time.
Naturally, the South Korean and US governments denied the intervention.
In any case, they were closely monitoring changes in North Korea according to their respective interests, but they all had one thing in common.
The fact that the Kim family and Jang Pan-ho’s North Korea are clearly different.
That’s when everyone was staring and holding their breath.
Pan-ho Jang moved in earnest.
– Nice to meet you, President Kim Kang-gyun.
Jang Pan-ho, who contacted Kim Kang-gyun by phone on the inter-Korean hotline.
“It’s nice to meet you too, Captain Jang.”
The inter-Korean hotline was established by the heads of South and North Korea to have an urgent conversation.
However, in that Jang Pan-ho, not Kim Yi-ryung, uses it, it is clear what kind of treatment Kim Yi-ryung is currently receiving.
“But you speak very naturally in South Korea.”
-During my time in South Korea, I tried without permission to adapt. One of them was speech.
“Haha, that’s right.”
Why are you trying to use the South Korean accent on purpose in such a conversation between the two leaders?
It was felt that Jang Pan-ho had a crush on South Korea and wanted to establish a friendly relationship.
-I contacted you because I wanted to have a healthy dialogue for the future development of both countries.
“Any contact like that is welcome.”
-If possible, I would like to meet and talk in person. The receiving comrade also accepted.
At those words, Kim Kang-gyun thought.
‘Proposal for an inter-Korean summit in a situation where the internal arrangements have not been completed yet… .’
Pan-ho Jang’s goal was obvious.
To secure a precarious position in North Korea through external exchanges.
In particular, in the current situation where the South Korean-US intervention theory is gaining support, if a genuine summit meeting is held, the interference theory is more and more certain.
‘It’s not bad… .’
In the long run, Kim Kang-gyun and the Blue House decided that the North Korean regime led by Jang Pan-ho, who lived in South Korea, would be advantageous to South Korea.
Although it is true that Kim Kang-gyun is a right-winger and has a strong stance on North Korea, North Korea that has changed since Kim Yi-ryung has actually been reduced to a scarecrow is another story.
While Kim Kang-gyun was thinking about it for a while, Jang Pan-ho said.
-I’m not a learned person, so I’m not good at talking back and forth. Let me be honest. Now that Kim Yi-ryeong is by my side and he is maintaining his position as president, the military and executives are not taking any action in earnest, but I cannot guarantee how long this balance will last.
Jang Pan-ho is a very honest person who tells everything.
-That is why we need the recognition and support of other countries. Already, Communist Party officials and the military have ties to China and Russia. So I also have to bring in other support groups. To that end, I will not hesitate to denuclearize as I announced in my statement.
The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the top priority for South Korea and the United States above any other relationship with North Korea.
At the same time, it was the most certain hand that Jang Pan-ho could pull out.
-I have a different position from Kim Yi-ryeong. The Kim family made nuclear weapons to maintain the regime, but I have no interest in maintaining the regime. Haven’t you ever had a taste of capitalism in South Korea?
The more he listens, the more he picks out the words he likes and spit them out.
-But the problem is that I’m still not strong enough to do all of that.
“You don’t have enough power… .”
-Will the military listen to me if I ordered the dismantlement of nuclear weapons through Kim Yi-ryeong?
“It is.”
– So I need your support. Practical assistance, not financial or material assistance. Real support until I can put the Republic under full control.
“Are you saying that if you really support me and if we succeed in controlling it, we will dismantle the nukes?”
-That’s right.
If it can be solved just as Jang Pan-ho said, it would be the best.
It is true that expectations for unification have risen recently after the coup, but frankly, most people have already given up on unification because they have been divided for such a long time.
But even such people have always longed for one thing: North Korea’s nuclear disarmament.
If the Kim family, who was responsible for making the nukes, had made such an offer, they would have rejected it at once.
It’s not the first time I’ve been stabbed in the head with a conciliatory attitude like this.
But this time, isn’t this person who stood up in rebellion against the Kim family?
Even living in Korea.
“How do you believe that promise?”
– There’s nothing I can do other than just ask you to trust me. If a summit meeting is burdensome, a ministerial level meeting is also fine.
“Well… .”
Kim Kang-gyun, who had been thinking for a long time, said.
“First of all, I don’t think this is a matter for me to decide on my own. We need to talk to the US as well.”
-I know. Please contact me as soon as the story is settled. I’ll be waiting.
After the call, Kim Kang-gyun said to Cho Man-cheol, chief of staff, who was waiting next to him.
“Call a meeting.”
* * *
After a long dialogue, South Korea and the United States finally decided to support Jang Pan-ho’s North Korea.
Not only did Jang Pan-ho make various favorable comments, but he also lived in Korea and was a person who directly opposed Kim Yi-ryeong’s rule.
So the Minister of Unification headed to Pyongyang.
– The Minister of Unification, who arrived at Pyongyang Airport this afternoon, was welcomed by the SS and President Kim Yi-ryeong… .
I said with a smirk.
“Everyone is in a riot. It’s a riot.”
Even so, the North Korean coup was a hot topic, but now, as the inter-Korean ministerial meeting is held, people are inflated with anticipation for a new relationship between the two Koreas.
North Korea-related stocks hit the ceiling, and the topic of North Korea covers all issues.
“Anyway, there will be no announcements at this meeting.”
I have already made a lot of my people in the government, and in North Korea, Jang Pan-ho is a member of the Black Tiger organization.
Of course, he said that he knew everything from the goals of the two sides to the Maginot line and that he could even coordinate them directly.
This meeting was nominally an inter-Korean exchange, but in fact, it was a pre-meeting for direct talks between North Korea and the United States.
“The most important thing is America.”
I investigated any obstacles to the establishment of a special trade zone in North Korea, and as a result, I found that the biggest stumbling block was the US sanctions against North Korea.
Sanctions against North Korea in which the U.S. individually puts pressure on countries that trade with North Korea to halt trade.
For me, who planned free trade through the special zone, the US sanctions against North Korea were the biggest obstacle.
So, I have Pan-ho Jang to talk to the United States about sanctions with South Korea as an intermediary.
In the past, North Korea and the United States had engaged in numerous negotiations over denuclearization, but they all failed because they did not make any concessions to each other.
The US simply repeated each other’s arguments in this way: denuclearization first, and sanctions relief in North Korea.
But this time, things are different.
Unlike the Kim family, Pan-ho Jang lacks the internal power to reliably achieve denuclearization, but conversely, nuclear weapons can be a means of negotiation.
It’s much more realistic to use it as a bargaining card than to have a nuclear weapon that can’t be used properly.
Also, from the American point of view, Pan-ho Jang will judge that he will try to be friendly with the United States even because of his unstable position in Korea, so there is a high probability that he will offer more lenient conditions than when negotiating with the Kim family.
“I can’t do it right now, but I will definitely give up nuclear weapons in the future. Instead, please ease sanctions in return. If everything is difficult, even some areas designated as special zones.”
Although it is not possible to completely release it, it will be possible enough if it is a partial quantity of some areas designated as special zones.
Thus, once the creation of the special trade zone is successful and the stabilization of North Korea is completed, the plan is completely finished.
Of course, with the intervention of the United States and South Korea, the conflict between the communist party and the military will be ambiguously closed, but that is what I am hoping for.
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“It would be difficult if Pan-ho Jang really monopolized all power.”
As always, where there is conflict, there are gaps.
So, as did the Korean government and guilds, it is to induce constant conflict between the existing ruling class and Jang Pan-ho.
Only then will Pan-Ho Jang continue to need Black Tiger’s help.
“Come on, my role ends here.”
From then on, the complicated political situation inside North Korea is up to Pan-Ho Jang.
I’ve done well in my previous life, so I’m sure I’ll do well this time too.
If you need it, we’ll ask for support on your own, so you just need to help in moderation and you’re done.
I said with a smile.
“Would you like to wait patiently?”
* * *
Since the internal and external situation in North Korea, which is twisted like a thread, has been largely reset with the appearance of a new person named Pan-Ho Jang, the various talks that followed, starting with the Ministerial Meeting, were able to produce quite meaningful results.
Of course, there were numerous clashes of opinion in the process, but if Pan-ho Jang lost his real power because he did not receive proper support, and if Yi-ryeong Kim or other Kim family returned, he might have to fight again without a promise.
Therefore, the United States and South Korea continued negotiations with Pan-ho Jang persistently amid expectations and a sense of crisis, and in the end, negotiations proceeded in the direction that the United States lifted some of the sanctions first and gave strength to Pan-ho Jang.
Thus, after months of negotiations, North Korea and the United States finally reached an agreement to designate Haeju Port as a special trade zone.
Although Haeju Port is a small port and imports and exports are limited within a certain range, it was meaningful in that it received the first US sanctions relief.
In addition, in the process of negotiating with the United States, Pan-ho Jang, who saw the effect of both sides in negotiations with the United States, decided to join hands with Pan-ho Jang, judging that a part of the military could not stop the flow of Pan-ho Jang.
Anyway, Haeju Port was finally selected as a special trade zone, and Haeju Port made many foreign and Korean companies salivate.
He decided that trade with North Korea, which had been unable to trade properly for decades due to sanctions, would be money.
Naturally, applications for companies moving into Haeju Port were flooded.
And after a month’s screening, the resident companies were finally selected.
Among them was a start-up called One Heart Trading, which was established only a few months ago.
* * *
The advance squad of resident companies arrived at Haeju Port with full of anticipation.
The purpose of the advance team was to select a location to move in and do a preliminary research on what items to focus on in the future.
There is no airport nearby, so we finally arrived at Haeju Port by boat.
“… small.”
“Small.”
Although it was designated as a special zone, it was originally a fairly small port and the facilities were outdated.
“It’s still a huge investment. Let’s look forward to it.”
So the people got off the boat and headed for the checkpoint.
“next.”
North Korean checkpoints have begun a thorough search for people and cargo aboard the ship.
Is there any equipment for illegal filming?
Are you in possession of any items that have been designated as illegal by the authorities?
As the thorough inspection continued, people kicked their tongues and said.
“Better than Korea?”
“What… It’s the first port.”
Then a checker saw something and said to a man and his party.
“One heart trade?”
“you’re right.”
“… … .”
The inspector, who was silent for a moment, said.
“There seems to be something strange. Come this way.”
Seeing that, people kicked their tongues and said.
“No. Do you think something is wrong?”
“I know.”
The one-minded traders followed the checkpoint and moved to a strange room.
“Did you see that? When you come here, check it two or three times. Don’t leave anything to be caught.”
People thought that it was clear that single-minded trade was being called out and subjected to intense scrutiny.
However, the scenery unfolding in the strange room was 180 degrees different from what people imagined.
“Come here!”
A trader who has been a nightmare for a trading company from the start said to the single-minded traders, bowing 90 degrees.
“I heard a story from my comrade commander!”
Pan-ho Jang, who has become powerful as the captain of the SS, is a one-hearted trade in which he must never touch his heart and let everything pass.
Obviously, he was a trade officer who had an intuition that he had something to do with Jang Pan-ho.
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Maybe it’s a secret company set up overseas by a new powerful person to get back money.
“If you just tell me anything, I’ll take care of everything!”
Then a man stepped forward and said,
“Thank you so much for being so considerate.”
“No. The commander-in-chief cares so much, isn’t that what he should have done? Hehe.”
The man then took a dollar out of his pocket and handed it to the trader.
“This is a token of appreciation.”
The trade manager, who would normally have been taken aback, waved his hand and said.
“No!! I never thought I’d get something like this! Don’t do that!!”
“You can take what I give you. Rather, it seems uncomfortable to refuse. I will tell you that you have treated me with kindness and kindness.”
Then the trader hesitated and said:
“I’m really fine… .”
“Take it.”
A trade representative who eventually accepted the money due to the coercive man’s attitude.
“Hey, if you run into any problems with this… .”
“It will never happen.”
“Ah, I got it.”
“By the way, I’m asking if the story was delivered well… Will all of our items pass safely?”
The trader nodded vigorously.
“Of course I do. If you tell me, you skipped the inspection procedure.”
“good. Oh, I’m late to introduce myself.”
The man said with a calm expression.
“My name is Dongbin Choi, president of Ilsim Trading.”
Choi Dong-bin, the top-tier merchant in the black market, was selected by Yoon Sang-deok after serving as the bottom merchant in the black market in Dangjin.
Choi Dong-bin told the trade officer.
“I would like some port guidance, please. Guess I’ll have to see where to set up the branch.”
Said the trade officer, who nodded without hesitation even though it was not his job.
“I got it. It’s not that big, so it won’t take long.”
“good.”
The merchants under Choi Dong-bin turned his head and followed him.
No, I said looking at the One Heart Trading staff.
“let’s go.”
“Yes! president.”
It was the moment when the black market organization finally took root in North Korea’s special trade zone.